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== Introduction<br> ==
== Introduction  ==
 
The term ‘floating’ has been used quite vaguely&nbsp;in the literature to describe various injury patterns&nbsp;/surgical procedures and even congenital anomalies. When the term is used to describe an injury&nbsp;pattern, it commonly implies that a joint/bone has&nbsp;lost its continuity at adjacent ends either as a result&nbsp;of fractures, fracture dislocations or pure disloca-tions and hence has become ‘floating’&nbsp;<ref>AGARWAL A, CHADHA M. Floating injuries :a review of the literature and proposal for a universal classification. Acta Orthop. Belg. 2004, 70, 509-514</ref><br></div>  
<div>The term ‘floating’ has been used quite vaguely&nbsp;in the literature to describe various injury patterns&nbsp;/surgical procedures and even congenital anomalies. When the term is used to describe an injury&nbsp;pattern, it commonly implies that a joint/bone has&nbsp;lost its continuity at adjacent ends either as a result&nbsp;of fractures, fracture dislocations or pure disloca-tions and hence has become ‘floating’&nbsp;<ref>AGARWAL A, CHADHA M. Floating injuries :a review of the literature and proposal for a universal classification. Acta Orthop. Belg. 2004, 70, 509-514</ref><br></div>  
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Introduction[edit | edit source]

The term ‘floating’ has been used quite vaguely in the literature to describe various injury patterns /surgical procedures and even congenital anomalies. When the term is used to describe an injury pattern, it commonly implies that a joint/bone has lost its continuity at adjacent ends either as a result of fractures, fracture dislocations or pure disloca-tions and hence has become ‘floating’ [1]



References[edit | edit source]

  1. AGARWAL A, CHADHA M. Floating injuries :a review of the literature and proposal for a universal classification. Acta Orthop. Belg. 2004, 70, 509-514